2011 カレラ ピノ・ノワール ド・ヴィリエ

ワインメーカー・ノート

Lush beautiful aromas of boysenberry, cedar, violets, tobacco and graphite lure you into a fascinating display of brooding flavors. Savory smoked duck,
shiitakes, orange peel and gingerbread give tension to accents of forest floor, plum, blackberry and flint with a savory, mouthwatering texture. This wine
is tart, full, deep, fleshy; full of wonder and pleasure.

ヴィンテージ・ノート

We had another cool year in 2011. The early spring was wet and cold delaying bud break by a few weeks. With colder summer temperatures averaging in the low 70’s
we were forced to hang the fruit a month later than usual, but to our surprise the waiting brought us rich wines with bright acidity and lower sugars. The de Villiers
vineyard was picked in two different passes on Oct 6th and Oct 13th.
Each day’s picking became a separate lot up until shortly before bottling. Each lot was fermented by the action of native yeasts in small open top fermenters. Each lot
was pressed 14 days after harvest, racked by gravity to French oak barrels, then aged without racking in those barrels, 30% new, for sixteen months. The lots were
then combined and the resultant wine was bottled without filtration, as always.